{"id":4538,"date":"2019-08-10T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2019-08-10T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T10:12:08","slug":"for-her-a-cottage-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/for-her-a-cottage-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"For Her a Cottage in Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>In my Father&#8217;s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.<br \/>\n<strong>John 14:2<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/once-there-dwelt-a-scotsman\/cottage-door\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4118\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4118 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Cottage-Door.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many mansions there in the Fathers House&#8221;<br \/>\nJesus said, in the bible we read<br \/>\nBut for her it is but a cottage somewhere<br \/>\nWill be all that she will need&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A little lake at front or back<br \/>\nOr at gable a little stream&#8230;<br \/>\nBefore called home too young too soon<br \/>\nShe never got to live the dream&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Shes part of the mat now<br \/>\nOf names of those now gone<br \/>\nFor us to unravel in family trees<br \/>\nWho here on earth live on.<\/p>\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Helen lived in England, her fathers family were from Longford. They were trying to find a nice cottage to come home to. She loved chatting about cottages and unraveling family trees. She never got the cottage of her dreams before she died. R.I.P.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helen lived in England, her fathers family were from Longford. They were trying to find a nice cottage to come home to. She loved chatting about cottages and unraveling family trees. 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